Erin Endicott is a contempoary embroidery artist, who's free and expressive pieces stem from a spiritual and mediative approach, that she harnesses from the natural world around her. Usually with a textile base of found or antique materials, each piece evolves from a strong connection and knowledge within a subject. What i enjoy most about Erin's work is the integrated meaning behind the stitches and marks, which at first glance seem very abstract. I have always admired this sort of process, where line and mark instruct and develop the piece, letting the fabric, fibre and meaning lead the making.
Erin uses a staining processes, a favoured medium being walnut ink, to create a bass on the fabric that will guide her stitches, in an interview with a journalist from textileartist.org Erin states "I do not plan my pieces or have a pre conceived notion as to how they will look when I am done. My hand just follows where my heart tells it to go!". This is a notion I hope to develop into my own work and why I admire Erins work so much, taking a step away from the literal, and allowing my work to harness and develop for itself, through the materials and mediums i choose to use.
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